%0 Journal Article %A Luo, Hongliang %A Uchitomi, Shintaro %A Nishida, Keiya %A Ogata, Youichi %A Zhang, Wu %A Fujikawa, Tatsuya %D 2017 %I Begell House %K fuel spray, direct-injection spark-ignition engine, fuel film characteristics, wall impingement, Mie scattering method, refractive index matching method %N 7 %P 611-628 %R 10.1615/AtomizSpr.2017019706 %T EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON FUEL FILM FORMATION BY SPRAY IMPINGEMENT ON FLAT WALLS WITH DIFFERENT SURFACE ROUGHNESS %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6a7c7e10642258cc,1bce8ed47597e074,6d4b836e405a90b8.html %V 27 %X The impingement of fuel sprays on the wall in direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) engines affects mixture preparation, combustion performance, and pollutant emissions. A better understanding of the fuel film behaviors is required to reduce exhaust emissions and fuel consumption. In this work, the experimental results of fuel spray impinging behaviors and adhered fuel film formation were measured by Mie scattering and refractive index matching (RIM) methods. The spray tip penetration and impinging spray height were discussed; the mass, area, and thickness of the fuel film were investigated under different conditions, including wall surface roughness, injection pressure, and ambient pressure. The results show that an increase in the wall roughness decreases the spray tip penetration, increases the impinging spray height, and decreases the uniformity of the fuel film distribution. An increase in ambient pressure results in a more uniform distribution of the fuel film. %8 2017-07-19